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If you’ve ever seen a teletext animation, there’s a very good chance Ian Irving had something to do with it. Arguably the world’s first...
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#Teletext50 art exhibition on Yle Text in Finland (7 October – 11 November 2024)
Teletext 50th Anniversary Meetup, Cambridge, 21-22 September 2024
Teletext @50: The Stories – Video Documentary (2024)
Teletext50: a new audio documentary starring those who made it a cultural phenomenon [PRESS RELEASE]
Call for entries: 50 Years of Teletext Art! [CLOSED]
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[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Digitiser Panel with Paul Rose, Tim Moore and Violet Berlin
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[Audio] Teletext Fest 2016 – Experts Panel with Mort Smith and Peter Kwan
[Video] Digifest: Quiz Me Do!
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30 Jahre Videotext (30 Years of Teletext) contest, ARD Text (2010)
Da Vinci 500, ARD Text (2019)
International Teletext Art Festival: A History (2012-2015)
Celebrating 45 Years of Yle Text with teletext art (7-31 October 2026)
Yle 100 on Yle Text: A Super Teletexthibition (9 September – 31 October 2026)
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: HBN Text’s 1st Birthday (17 November 2026)
CALL FOR ENTRIES – Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text (December 2026)
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES: Valentine’s Day 2026 on Yle Teksti-TV! Love Letters from Your (Teletext) Heart
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES – 100 Years of Yle & Yle Teletext’s 45th Anniversary (September & October 2026)
[CLOSED] CALL FOR ENTRIES – 2025 Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text
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Teletext R Podcast Summer Special! Teletext Doomscrolling 1976 vs. 2026 & Count ‘Ceefax’ Binface (July 2026)
[Audio] Teletext People: Tim, Twitter’s Ceefaux
BHNL Podcast: Teletextlore
Teletext R Podcast, 31st December 2022 – Russty Russ & the Demise of ORACLE (2015 Rerun)
The Max Headroom Incident: Television Sofa Club, 15th November 2022
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Teletext Artist Spotlight: JustADude
Teletext R Podcast, 31 August 2020 – Sara Scott-Rivers of Teletext Ltd, Datasolve, ITM, GWV and Videotron
Artist Spotlight: Sarah Burgess (Make Today Colourful)
Teletext Artist Spotlight: Little Cat
Interview: Dragan Espenschied, Digital Conservationist & Teletext Art Prize Winner
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Interviews
If your favourite part of teletext was always the TV listings, then this is just the podcast for you! Carl, along with gatecrasher Dan,...
Interviews
If you’ve ever seen a teletext animation, there’s a very good chance Ian Irving had something to do with it. Arguably the world’s first...
Interviews
Thirty measly years ago, a grand changing of the teletext guard took place. Piece by piece, ORACLE disappeared from our screens to be replaced...
Interviews
Carlos presents a conversation with teletext legend Mort Smith, formerly of Ceefax and Intelfax, from the Sunday of Block Party 2022. This was not...
Interviews
Teletext R Podcast, 23rd October 2022 – Jason Robertson the Teletext Archaeologist (TSC Live 1/4/21)
It’s precisely ten years since the fateful day that Ceefax disappeared from its rightful home in the Beeb’s Vertical Blanking Interval once and for...
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Dan and Carl welcome a selection of Block Party panellists to the Teletext Sofa Club for a behind-the-scenes review of proceedings at 2022’s biggest...
Interviews
It’s one of the most iconic moments in FA Cup history – Roy Essandoh leaping to score a last-minute goal against Leicester and earn...
Interviews
Earlier this year, we reported on the BBC Red Button teletext service, which has unfortunately been threatened with switch-off. Since then, it has stayed...
Interviews
In her glittering career, Sara Scott-Rivers worked extensively with both Viewdata and teletext. Following designer-editor roles with Prestel in the 1980s, she joined Teletext...
Interviews
If you had to make a list of memorable teletext sections, you’d probably have Digitiser somewhere in your top 5. Today’s guest is, aside...
Interviews
Welcome back to the Teletext Artist Spotlight. Today’s willing subject is Sarah B, who has recently been discovering teletext as an artform. She is...